Bo Hamburger
Years ago

Stephon Marbury in China

Anyone else catch the GQ profile of Stephon Marbury's China experiment? Well worth the 15-20 minutes of reading time - as well as having an awesome name, author Wells Tower can flat-out write:

In fact, during my week in Taiyuan, I would not see a bird, or a rat, or an ant, or a cockroach, or any living creatures at all, except for human beings and a substantial population of upsettingly adorable and horny stray lapdogs.


or:
Marbury did not fancy the idea of spending four months in this hotel, whose rooms were carpeted in cigarette-pocked low-nap the color of earwax and whose mattresses would have registered respectably on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. Nor did he want to stomach four months of meals at the Wanshi's restaurant, an undersea-themed eatery whose evening buffet included such dishes as Grab Stick, Intestine Duck, Best Thick Seam, Ear Rabbit, Black Fungus, Meat, and Duck Bloody Piece.

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Isaac  
Years ago

Agree - great writing. Quite liked: "part weird cheer, part dubious meow."

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XY  
Years ago

Thanks Bo, that was one of the most entertaining reads I have had in ages. Marbury comes across as a rather complicated but fascinating individual. Would be one hell of a documentary in it!

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